Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Avulsions, enucleations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Evergreen Packaging, Inc., 5201 Fairfield Rd, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS 71601
on — Avulsions, enucleations, affecting the foot (feet), n.e.c..
Final narrative
After a chipper knife change in the wood yard, employees were rotating the chipper disk to measure the knife clearances. To perform the measurements, the chipper disk is manually rotated to each knife location. To rotate the chipper disk, the injured employee placed his right foot on the card breaker for leverage. The employee's foot slipped and was caught between the card breaker and the feed chute resulting in an avulsion to the top of the foot and two fractured toes. The employee was hospitalized.
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